Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 30 June 2016.
Crispin Blunt
Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 14 June 2016, Official Report, column 1617, on EU Prisoner Transfer Directive, to which EU member states the 102 prisoners transferred from England and Wales under the EU prisoner transfer agreement have been transferred.
Andrew Selous
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury), The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
The information requested is provided in the table below.
MEMBER STATE TO WHICH TRANSFER HAS TAKEN PLACE | NUMBER OF PRISONERS TRANSFERRED |
Belgium | 7 |
Czech Republic | 4 |
Denmark | 1 |
Italy | 3 |
Latvia | 5 |
Lithuania | 1 |
Netherlands | 44 |
Poland | 3 |
Romania | 15 |
Slovakia | 13 |
Spain | 5 |
Malta | 1 |
Yes2 people think so
No0 people think not
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